8956. Misbranding  of  Hooper's   Female  Pills.   U. S.   *   *   *   v.   71   Packages  of   *   *   *?
Hooper's Female Pills.   Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.
(F. & D. No. 13521.   I. S. No. 8415-t.   S. No. E-2058.)
On August 27,1920, the United States attorney .for the District of Maryland, acting?
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United?
States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 71 packages, labeled?
in part "Hooper's Female Pills,',' shipped on or about August 12, 1920, remaining?
in the original unbroken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had?
been shipped by Horace B. Taylor, Philadelphia,, Pa., and transported from the?
State of Pennsylvania into the State of Maryland, and charging misbranding in viola-,?
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
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Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department?
showed that the contents of the pills consisted essentially of aloes and ferrous sulphate.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded for the?
reason that the following statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effect?
of said article, <:*. * * Female Pills *. * * a safe and sovereign remedy in?
female complaints * * * an emmenagogue in producing menstruation * * *?
for the removal of Irregularities * * * are used * * * (except in cases of?
Pregnancy) * * * Opening obstructions of the vessels * * * cure of dis??
orders peculiarly incident to the Female Sex * * * remedy against those general?
complaints the Female Sex are subject to * * * cleanse, purify, and cause a?
free circulation of the blood * * .* open those obstructions which Virgins are?
liable to * * * best * * * for * * *? the irregularities * *.* for the?
palpitation of the heart, giddiness, loathing of food, bad digestion, pains of the stomach,?
heating of the arteries of the neck, short breath * * * scurvy * * * should?
be taken by all women at * * * age * * * forty-five * * * to prevent?
those disorders that usually attend them at that time * * * sovereign remedy?
* * * in all hypochondriac, hysterick, or vapourish disorders * * * strengthen?
the nerves * * * for * * * obstruction of * ' * * courses * * * con??
tinue their use until the end is answered * * *," were false and fraudulent in?
that the article contained no ingredient or combinations of ingredients capable of?
producing the effects claimed for it.
On September 29, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that?
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.